BJP’S MANPREET MANOEUVRE FOR PUNJAB POLLS

NEW DELHI: On January 5, 2022, then Congress leader Manpreet Singh Badal was on the Bathinda airport tarmac to receive Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi, isolating himself after two of his staff tested positive for Covid, had sent Manpreet, the finance minister, in his place. The state chief secretary and […]

FOR PUNJAB POLLS, BJP MAY TRY HARYANA BLUEPRINT, TEAMS FROM RAJASTHAN

NEW DELHI: The BJP’s Satish Poonia from Rajasthan, appointed the party’s Punjab in-charge, has started prepping the strategy for Punjab Assembly elections due next year – which by most accounts, could follow the pattern used in Haryana  to great success.  The plan focuses on separate teams for every assembly seat, small groups for different areas, […]

ENCROACHMENT OUTSIDE PAK HIGH COMMISSION REMOVED IN A TIT-FOR-TAT MOVE

NEW DELHI: A section of structures outside the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi was demolished with bulldozers after authorities found them to be beyond the mission’s approved boundary, officials said on Thursday. The action was carried out by the agencies concerned using a JCB machine, which removed the structures and barricades erected along the […]

TARUN TEJPAL MOVES SC AGAINST GOA RAPE CONVICTION

NEW DELHI: Former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal on Thursday approached the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court’s verdict by the Goa bench convicting him in the 2013 rape case involving a junior colleague, days after the High Court sentenced him to 10 years in prison. On August 6, the High Court overturned Tejpal’s acquittal […]

Rajiv Gandhi: The Prime Minister Who Imagined a Modern India

A birth anniversary tribute to the youngest leader to occupy India’s highest office On August 20, India remembers Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary. Born in Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1944, Rajiv Gandhi became Prime Minister on October 31, 1984, following the assassination of his mother, Indira Gandhi. He served in office until December 2, […]

CJP founder counsels Prime Minister Modi to use PM Care funds for improving schools

(Photo) Courtesy : Rediff New Delhi, 19 August—In a constructive move, Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke today suggested to Prime Minister Prime Minister Narendra Modi to use the PM Cares Fund to improve infrastructure in rural schools and build more than 1,000 new high-tech schools. Giving a golden opportunity to the BJP led NDA […]

Kharge attacks Modi government over Youth unrest, Ram temple donation and China in CWC meeting

New Delhi, 19 August—In a sharp attack on the RSS-BJP ecosystem. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge today targeted the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led NDA government over the “future of youth”, alleged financial irregularities in donations to the Ram Mandir trust and reports of Chinese encroachment along the border, asking whether the central government could still be […]

SOLUTIONS WON’T COME FROM WASHINGTON: AFFIRMS J&K CM OMAR ABDULLAH

NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah stated that regional issues will be solved by the Indian central government rather than third-party countries ahead of his meeting with US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor in Srinagar. He said a meeting with the US ambassador is taking place after a very long time. The […]

PENDING TRIALS AGAINST MPs/MLAs REMAIN SAME DESPITE COURT MONITORING

NEW DELHI: A fresh report submitted to the Supreme Court has raised concerns over the continued pendency of criminal cases against sitting and former Members of Parliament and Legislative Assemblies, despite years of judicial monitoring aimed at ensuring speedy trials. As per a status report filed in the Supreme Court, 4192 criminal cases are pending […]